Woah, the name of his band when he was younger is reported as "Foss". Given his membership in the Cult of the Dead Cow, I wonder if it's actually FOSS...
Foss was not in the lexicon in 1989.
Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Andrew Yang knows about it, check him out https://www.yang2020.com
Isn't this the guy that just said that within a generation white people will be shooting up Asians? I'm not sure how writing off a demographic of people not even born yet is going to go for his campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQNiiC0AzA
Not to disagree with you, I think writing off a certain demographic is a terrible idea specially if you are running an inclusive platform like his, but what he said was clearly taken out of context.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Voting twice seems like some kind of vote stuffing scheme. Probably best not to telegraph such intentions.
> Voting twice seems like some kind of vote stuffing scheme Sounds like a commitment to do so in the primary and general election both, which is quite legal.
Or just someone being an anarchist. ;)
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#34My initial thought is this is quite provocative in the realm of federal political campaigns. I can imagine some interesting one liners during his future campaign, especially from the opposition, that will likely rile us all up.
I enjoyed the story, and if any of it is legitimate and honest insight into O'Rourke's inclinations then I'm interested to see more of his policy proposals.
Furthermore, I think the article's point about O'Rourke's technical literacy giving him an edge in obtaining support from the tech sector is interesting, and if at all valid, potentially a huge factor. Not that this really needs elaboration on HN.
In regards to the CDC, I haven't heard of any members ever being convicted of a crime? I'm not confident enough to say it hasn't happened, but if so I'll take any good light to bring to the hacker culture that we can get these days.
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Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group
#36My initial thought is this is quite provocative in the realm of federal political campaigns. I can imagine some interesting one liners during his future campaign, especially from the opposition, that will likely rile us all up. I enjoyed the story, and if any of it is legitimate and honest insight into O'Rourke's inclinations then I'm interested to see more of his policy proposals. Furthermore, I think the article's…
Unfortunately, he doesn't appear to have any actual policy platform related to the presidential run; at least, the other day when I visited the site I saw only merchandising.
Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Andrew Yang knows about it, check him out https://www.yang2020.com
Isn't this the guy that just said that within a generation white people will be shooting up Asians? I'm not sure how writing off a demographic of people not even born yet is going to go for his campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQNiiC0AzA
That doesn't sound like him writing off a demographic but criticizing the path the nation is treading on. Unfortunately, he's using fear to do that.
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#38Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group
#39If anyone can show that Beto has a hard copy of the Anarchists' Cookbook I'll vote for him twice.
Interestingly the Anarchists Cookbook may be unlawful[0] due to the way anti-terrorism laws are written. [0] https://theintercept.com/2017/10/28/josh-walker-anarchist-co...
That's in the UK. Such a law would run afoul of the First Amendment in the US.
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#40My respect for Beto just moved up a notch!